The Luverne boys’ hockey team finished one and one the past week when they beat Redwood Valley 7-0 at home Tuesday, Jan. 11, and lost to Waseca in a 2-1 game on the road Saturday.
The 7-6 Cardinals host Breckenridge-Wahpeton Friday and Dodge County Saturday at the Blue Mound Ice Arena in Luverne.
Luverne 7,
Redwood Valley 0
The Luverne Cardinals faced Redwood Valley Tuesday, Jan. 11, at the Blue Mound Ice Arena in Luverne.
In a battle of the Cardinals, it was the hometown Cardinals coming out on top 7-0.
Luverne was able to come out and put three first period goals on the board to take over the game early.
Patrick Kroski got the Cardinals started in the scoring department just over three minutes into the first period with the assist going to Elliot Domagala.
Two minutes later it was Brock Behrend from Owen Sudenga and Henry Hartquist to make it 2-0.
Luverne wasn’t quite done when junior Brady Bork found the back of the net with just over two minutes left in Period 1. Ethan Langseth and Kroski assisted on goal No. 3.
Luverne had an advantage of 21-3 on shots on goal in the first with Luverne goalie Tyler Arends stopping all three shots he faced.
The second period was much like the first for the hometown Cardinals when Luverne put another three shots in the net.
Kroski got his second of the game at the 6:16 mark of the period with assists from Domagala and Hartquist.
Owen Sudenga gave Luverne a 5-0 lead midway through the period with senior Zach Kruse assisting on Sudenga’s goal.
Behrend rounded out the scoring for Luverne in Period 2 with the assist going to Sudenga.
Shots on goal were 17-9 in favor of Luverne with Arends having nine saves in the period.
Period No. 3 didn’t see much scoring action. Kroski netted his third of the game at 14:25 into the final stanza. Elliot Domagala assisted on the goal.
Shots on goal were 9-3 Luverne in the third period with a total of 47-15 advantage for Luverne in the game.
Arends finished the game with 15 saves and his second shutout of the year.
Luverne 1, Waseca 2
The boys went on a double header road trip with the girls to Waseca on Saturday.
The Cardinal boys put a total of 40 shots on goal during the game on Waseca’s goalie Eli Wetzel, but they couldn’t come out with a win in Waseca.
Kaleb Hein got Luverne on the board four minutes into the first period with assists from Brady Bork and Patrick Kroski.
Waseca’s Griffin Krautkramer would tie the game at 1 at the nine-minute mark of Period 1, marking the only scoring in the first period.
Shots on goal favored the Cardinals 20-4 in Period 1.
Waseca and Luverne battled back and forth in Period 2, but the Luverne goalie Tyler Arends and Waseca’s Wetzel kept their opposing teams scoreless.
Shots on goal were 7-6 Luverne in the period.
In the final period, Waseca capitalized on a Luverne penalty and took the 2-1 lead at 10:26 of the period.
Luverne had some opportunities but couldn’t get the equalizing goal to tie up the game.
Shots on goal for the period were 14-10 Luverne, and the Cardinals finished with a 40-21 advantage for the game.
Arends finished with 19 saves in the contest.